UK-focused · Update 8 audited · 1.0 lands 15 October 2026

Best Enshrouded Server Hosting in 2026

Enshrouded supports up to 16 players and its server process is unusually well documented: roughly 4.4GB RAM at idle, up to around 100MB extra per player and under roughly 6GB total process memory. We re-researched the full hosting market around those numbers, current recurring prices, backups and UK/EU routing.

Top choices

The four Enshrouded hosts we would shortlist first

These are not simply the four lowest headlines. Kinetic’s 4GB tier, for example, sits below Keen Games’ stated idle process use, so we compare its 8GB tier instead.

#1 · Best overall
LOW.MS logo

LOW.MS

London + global network

The current market winner: 10GB standard, London, cloud backups and current Update 8 support for only $5.25.

£3.88/mo$5.25 · 4 slots · 10GB standard
  • ✓ 10GB standard
  • ✓ London
  • ✓ Cloud Backup/Restore
  • ✓ Current Update 8 support

The cheapest visible package is only four slots

#2 · Best transparent budget alternative
Kinetic Hosting logo

Kinetic Hosting

London + wider EU network

We skip the 4GB teaser and compare Kinetic's 8GB tier, which gives real headroom plus excellent Ryzen/NVMe hardware for $7.99.

£5.90/mo$7.99 · 8GB RAM
  • ✓ 8GB RAM
  • ✓ Ryzen 9950X-class
  • ✓ NVMe
  • ✓ 5 backups

4GB starter is below Keen Games' stated idle server-process usage

#3 · Best exact 6GB value
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Spelhosting

Europe

A tiny 60 SEK bill for 6GB, Ryzen 9 and NVMe. That 6GB allocation lines up unusually well with Keen Games' server-process ceiling.

£4.62/mo60 SEK · 6GB RAM
  • ✓ 6GB RAM
  • ✓ Ryzen 9
  • ✓ NVMe
  • ✓ Free backups

No London-specific node confirmed

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#4 · Best external hardware challenger
GC

GHOSTCAP

Germany · Poland

Eight gigabytes on Ryzen 9950X with automatic backups and full FTP for $8.99, although there is no London node.

£6.64/mo$8.99 · 8GB RAM
  • ✓ 8GB RAM
  • ✓ Ryzen 9950X
  • ✓ Auto backups
  • ✓ Full FTP

No London location

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Comparison table

25 Enshrouded server hosts compared

GBP is primary. Promotions are separated from normal renewal pricing, 16 players is treated as the real game maximum, and hidden RAM stays marked hidden rather than being guessed.

#ProviderCompared offerRAM / resourcesUK / EUBest for
1 LOW.MS logoLOW.MS £3.88/mo
$5.25 · 4 slots · 10GB standard
10GB RAM standard · up to 16 slots London + global network Best overall Visit →
2 Kinetic Hosting logoKinetic Hosting £5.90/mo
$7.99 · 8GB RAM
8GB RAM · 8 CPU threads · NVMe London + wider EU network Best transparent budget alternative Visit →
3 SHSpelhosting £4.62/mo
60 SEK · 6GB RAM
6GB RAM · Ryzen 9 · 25GB NVMe Europe Best exact 6GB value Visit →
4 GCGHOSTCAP £6.64/mo
$8.99 · 8GB RAM
8GB · Ryzen 9950X · NVMe Germany · Poland Best external hardware challenger Visit →
5 EUEUGameHost £8.73/mo
8 players · 16GB DDR4
16GB RAM · Intel 4GHz+ · NVMe 4.0 London Best London high-headroom bundle Visit →
6 4NetPlayers logo4NetPlayers £5.10/mo
10 slots · tax included
RAM not public London + 20 locations Best cheap London slot plan Visit →
7 LogicServers logoLogicServers £7.18/mo
$9.73 · 8 slots · ex VAT
8 slots · RAM not public London · Stockholm · Frankfurt Best flexible legacy budget host Visit →
8 Gaming Deluxe logoGaming Deluxe £4.32/mo
Native GBP starting price
Entry RAM/slots not exposed London · Paris · Frankfurt Best cheap UK backup retention Visit →
9 GTX Gaming logoGTX Gaming £4.32/mo
Native GBP starting price
Entry RAM not public London · Stockholm · Paris · Frankfurt Best established UK network Visit →
10 PPPingPerfect £9.98/mo
$13.52 · 8 slots · 9GB RAM
9GB RAM · ~100GB NVMe 21 global locations Best transparent mid-market package Visit →
11 Host Havoc logoHost Havoc £7.38/mo
$10 · 4 slots
4-16 slots · exact RAM not public London · Amsterdam Best premium owned infrastructure Visit →
12 AleForge logoAleForge £8.85/mo
$11.99 · 6GB Standard
6GB RAM · 60GB NVMe London · Frankfurt network Best exact-floor premium package Visit →
13 Nitrado logoNitrado £9.29/mo
8 slots · 30 days
RAM not public London · Frankfurt Best flexible legacy slot host Visit →
14 Indifferent Broccoli logoIndifferent Broccoli £11.81/mo
$15.99 · 8 players · uncapped RAM
Uncapped RAM Germany / EU Best no-RAM-cap trial Visit →
15 RHRespawnHost £12.22/mo
€14.25 · 6GB fixed
6GB RAM · pay-per-use available Frankfurt Best pay-per-use specialist Visit →
16 BisectHosting logoBisectHosting Configure live
Dynamic per-GB pricing
Configurable · NVMe 21 locations Best polished dynamic platform Visit →
17 XGXGamingServer £11.07/mo
$15 renewal · 6GB Novice
6GB RAM · NVMe EU / global Best current technical guides outside the top group Visit →
18 Wabbanode logoWabbanode £8.80/mo
Catalogue start · live total broken
8GB-24GB selectable London · Germany · France · Finland Best current Enshrouded docs with broken checkout Visit →
19 Survival Servers logoSurvival Servers £14.03/mo
$19 regular · 8 slots
8 slots · RAM not public Germany · France Best deep recovery history Visit →
20 BFBlue Fang Solutions £12.55/mo
From $17
Slots/configuration based · RAM not public London · Dusseldorf · Strasbourg Best old-school London managed host Visit →
21 Shockbyte logoShockbyte £14.76/mo
$19.99 · 8 players
8 players · RAM not public Global locations Best mainstream automation, weak value Visit →
22 GPORTAL logoGPORTAL £16.98/mo
$23 · 10 slots / 30 days
10 slots · RAM not public Current crawl showed Dallas Official Keen Games host Visit →
23 APApex Hosting £16.60/mo
$22.49 renewal · 6GB
6GB RAM · NVMe/bare-metal platform Global network Best premium support, worst RAM value Visit →
24 NCNodecraft £22.13/mo
Premium 6GB · true 24/7
6GB · 24/7 Premium Global network Best sleep-to-save platform, expensive 24/7 Visit →
25 CSCitadel Servers £22.00/mo
Current cart starting price
RAM not public Broad network Active but poor current value Visit →

Comparison FX: 1 USD = £0.738295; 1 EUR ≈ £0.857365; 1 SEK ≈ £0.0769923. Native GBP prices are shown directly. Provider specifications are provider claims, not GSH benchmark measurements.

How we compared

Enshrouded gives us better sizing data than most games

Keen Games publishes both actual process-memory observations and full-machine recommendations. Keeping those two numbers separate fixes a surprising amount of bad hosting advice.

Process RAM

The server process idles around 4.4GB, adds up to roughly 100MB per player and should stay below about 6GB physical RAM.

Whole-machine specs

Keen recommends 16GB system RAM when self-hosting. That includes Windows and everything else, not a claim that the game process alone needs 16GB.

Backups & saves

World saves can approach 100MB and are written every five minutes. Recovery tooling matters on long-running base-heavy worlds.

Real game limits

`slotCount` is officially 1-16. Provider-side ‘unlimited players’ does not override Enshrouded’s actual 16-player maximum.

Testing status

This is a live product and implementation audit using existing GSH provider experience where available. We have not freshly benchmarked an Enshrouded instance from all 25 companies. Where first-hand performance data does not exist, we state what we verified and what that evidence changed in the ranking instead of inventing ping, uptime or CPU benchmark results.

1.0 is now close: Enshrouded leaves Early Access on 15 October 2026. Keen Games says performance optimisation is a major focus of the final run to release, so a clean backup and update workflow matters more right now than generic claims about unsupported mods.
Update 8 is the last major Early Access update: Forging the Path launched on 21 April with Adventure Sharing, combat changes, a rebuilt skill tree, gear upgrades and a large QoL pass. The next huge milestone is 1.0.
Official mod support is still not promised: Keen Games’ current FAQ says it cannot promise that Enshrouded will be moddable, although it would like to add support. Several hosts already market one-click mods or Workshop support. We treat those as provider-side/community tooling, not proof of official compatibility.
In-depth reviews

Every active Enshrouded host reviewed properly

The old page only covered a handful of providers and carried years-old prices. This version gives the same product audit to core affiliates, non-affiliates and smaller market entrants.

1LOW.MS logo

LOW.MS

Best overall
£3.88/mo$5.25 · 4 slots · 10GB standard
10GB RAM standard · up to 16 slotsLondon + global network

LOW.MS is dramatically better value than when we first reviewed Enshrouded. The live product now starts at $5.25 per month for four slots and includes 10GB RAM as standard, with the game supporting up to 16 slots. That is comfortably above Keen Games' own statement that the dedicated server process idles around 4.4GB and should remain under roughly 6GB physical RAM.

Cloud Backup and Cloud Restore, SFTP, scheduled tasks, configuration tools, DDoS protection and free migration are included. London is part of the LOW.MS network, and its current Enshrouded page is already marked ready for Update 8: Forging the Path. The combination of price, memory headroom, recovery tooling and UK routing makes this one of the clearest #1s on the site.

Live Enshrouded product audit

What we checked: We re-checked the live $5.25 price, current public catalogue/API entry, 10GB standard allocation, 4/10/16-slot options, cloud backup/restore, migration, Update 8 readiness and current Enshrouded server tooling.

What it taught us: The old GSH page was badly stale here: it still showed LOW.MS at $11.97. At $5.25 today, the same provider is no longer merely the premium-hardware pick, it is also among the cheapest credible products in the market.

Pros
  • ✓ 10GB RAM for only $5.25
  • ✓ London deployment available
  • ✓ Cloud backup and restore
  • ✓ Excellent Enshrouded-specific value
  • ✓ Five-day money-back guarantee
Cons
  • ✗ The cheapest visible package is only four slots
  • ✗ LOW.MS API GBP routing is still unresolved, so our displayed GBP figure is an approximate conversion
2Kinetic Hosting logo

Kinetic Hosting

Best transparent budget alternative
£5.90/mo$7.99 · 8GB RAM
8GB RAM · 8 CPU threads · NVMeLondon + wider EU network

Kinetic technically starts at $4.99 for 4GB, but we do not use that as the comparison tier. Keen Games says the Enshrouded server process alone idles around 4.4GB, so the first Kinetic plan we would actually buy is 8GB at $7.99. That still works out extremely well against most of the market.

The package uses NVMe, eight CPU threads and hardware advertised up to Ryzen 9 9950X at 5.7GHz, with five backup slots, SFTP, scheduled tasks and no artificial provider-side player cap. Enshrouded itself still caps the server at 16 players. A seven-day refund and easy RAM upgrades make Kinetic the cleanest alternative if LOW.MS is unavailable.

Live Enshrouded product audit

What we checked: We compared the full current Enshrouded RAM ladder, deliberately rejected the 4GB tier as our default, and verified 8GB pricing, CPU/thread positioning, NVMe, backup slots, SFTP and refund terms.

What it taught us: This is exactly why our ranking does not blindly use the cheapest card. A $4.99 4GB server looks better in a table but sits below the game's own observed idle process usage. The $7.99 8GB tier is the honest comparison.

Pros
  • ✓ 8GB for only $7.99
  • ✓ Excellent hardware transparency
  • ✓ Five backups plus SFTP
  • ✓ Easy upgrade path
  • ✓ Seven-day refund
Cons
  • ✗ 4GB starter is below Keen Games' stated idle server-process usage
  • ✗ LOW.MS currently gives more RAM for less money
3SH

Spelhosting

Best exact 6GB value
£4.62/mo60 SEK · 6GB RAM
6GB RAM · Ryzen 9 · 25GB NVMeEurope

Spelhosting is the strongest small-provider value challenger. Its six-gigabyte Enshrouded tier costs 60 SEK per month at the normal rate, with 8GB at 80 SEK and 10GB at 100 SEK. Keen Games says the dedicated process should not use more than roughly 6GB physical RAM, making this an unusually direct resource match.

The provider advertises Ryzen 9 hardware, 25GB NVMe, DDoS protection, free backups and scheduled restarts. We would still choose the 8GB tier for extra margin if the price difference is irrelevant to you, but the 6GB package is the cheapest clean resource match we found.

Live Enshrouded product audit

What we checked: We verified the current 6GB through 16GB Enshrouded price ladder, regular pricing rather than first-month discount, Ryzen 9 hardware, NVMe allowance, backups and refund terms.

What it taught us: A small provider can rank above global brands when the package maps neatly onto the real process requirement. Six gigabytes here is not an arbitrary sales tier, it is close to Keen Games' own stated maximum process use.

Pros
  • ✓ Only 60 SEK for 6GB
  • ✓ Ryzen 9 hardware
  • ✓ Clear RAM ladder
  • ✓ Free backups
  • ✓ Simple upgrade path
Cons
  • ✗ No London-specific node confirmed
  • ✗ Smaller provider footprint than LOW.MS or Kinetic
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4GC

GHOSTCAP

Best external hardware challenger
£6.64/mo$8.99 · 8GB RAM
8GB · Ryzen 9950X · NVMeGermany · Poland

GHOSTCAP starts Enshrouded at $8.99 for 8GB and scales in clean two-gigabyte steps all the way to 40GB. All current plans advertise Ryzen 9 9950X hardware, NVMe, a full control panel and large-scale DDoS mitigation. Germany and Poland are the European locations.

Automatic backups and full FTP access are included, which matters more than the page's 'unlimited players' wording because Enshrouded itself caps dedicated servers at 16. GHOSTCAP also markets full mod support, but Keen Games still says it cannot promise official mod support, so we do not award ranking points for that claim.

Live Enshrouded product audit

What we checked: We verified the complete 8GB-40GB ladder, Ryzen 9950X claim, Germany/Poland regions, automatic backup and FTP tooling, then cross-checked player and mod marketing against Keen Games' current official FAQ.

What it taught us: The underlying hosting package is excellent. The biggest editorial correction is that provider-side unlimited slots do not override Enshrouded's hard 16-player configuration limit, and 'mod support' is not the same thing as official game support.

Pros
  • ✓ 8GB for $8.99
  • ✓ Ryzen 9950X hardware
  • ✓ Automatic backups and FTP
  • ✓ Excellent RAM transparency
  • ✓ Strong DDoS platform
Cons
  • ✗ No London location
  • ✗ Player/mod marketing needs game-specific qualification
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5EU

EUGameHost

Best London high-headroom bundle
£8.73/mo8 players · 16GB DDR4
16GB RAM · Intel 4GHz+ · NVMe 4.0London

EUGameHost's Basic package is £8.73 per month for up to eight players and 16GB DDR4, with a 24GB full-group package at £15.00. London is explicitly available, alongside automatic backups, FTP/SFTP, 10Gbps networking and Intel 4GHz-plus CPU positioning.

Sixteen gigabytes is far more memory than Keen Games says the dedicated process should consume, so we do not rank it highly because of the huge number alone. It ranks fifth because the bill is still reasonable, London is confirmed, backups are included and the 48-hour refund makes testing low risk.

Live Enshrouded product audit

What we checked: We verified the live £8.73 8-player/16GB plan, £15 16-player/24GB tier, London location, NVMe 4.0, backups, FTP/SFTP and 48-hour refund.

What it taught us: Resource overkill is not automatically wasteful if the total price is still competitive, but it should not be confused with a real Enshrouded requirement. The game process itself does not need 16GB.

Pros
  • ✓ Confirmed London location
  • ✓ 16GB for £8.73
  • ✓ Automatic backups
  • ✓ Full FTP/SFTP
  • ✓ 48-hour refund
Cons
  • ✗ RAM allocation is far beyond normal process needs
  • ✗ Mod-ready marketing goes beyond Keen Games' current official support stance
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64NetPlayers logo

4NetPlayers

Best cheap London slot plan
£5.10/mo10 slots · tax included
RAM not publicLondon + 20 locations

4NetPlayers sells 10 Enshrouded slots for £5.10 per month including tax, making it one of the cheapest straightforward London packages in the entire comparison. A full 16-slot server costs £13.80 at the normal rate, with a lower first-month promotion that we deliberately ignore for ranking.

NVMe, automatic backups, FTP, task scheduling, automatic updates and free game switching are included. The missing data point is RAM. Since Keen Games publishes unusually specific process-memory figures, a public allocation would make this much easier to compare against LOW.MS and Kinetic.

Live Enshrouded product audit

What we checked: We verified the 10-slot £5.10 and 16-slot £13.80 regular prices, London location, tax inclusion, NVMe, backups, FTP and task scheduling.

What it taught us: This is a genuinely cheap product, not a teaser. Hidden memory is the only major reason it does not sit higher.

Pros
  • ✓ £5.10 including tax
  • ✓ London location
  • ✓ Ten-player package
  • ✓ Automatic backups and FTP
  • ✓ Large worldwide network
Cons
  • ✗ RAM allocation not public
  • ✗ 16-slot regular price rises sharply from the 10-slot tier
7LogicServers logo

LogicServers

Best flexible legacy budget host
£7.18/mo$9.73 · 8 slots · ex VAT
8 slots · RAM not publicLondon · Stockholm · Frankfurt

LogicServers remains relevant two years after the old page put it second. Current pricing is roughly $5.20 for four slots, $9.73 for eight and $15.87 for 16, before VAT. We use the eight-player tier as the normal comparison instead of making the cheapest four-slot number look like a full-group product.

London, Stockholm and Frankfurt are available, with TCAdmin, full FTP, backup/restore, configuration editing, command-line controls and one-click updating. The main weakness is unchanged: the public product still does not give us a clean RAM allocation.

Live Enshrouded product audit

What we checked: We verified the current slot ladder, ex-VAT pricing, London/Stockholm/Frankfurt availability, FTP, backup/restore, config editing and updater tooling.

What it taught us: The old GSH page was directionally right that LogicServers is inexpensive, but its old £3.90/$4.99 figures were stale. The provider remains good value, just not transparent enough to beat the modern RAM-based leaders.

Pros
  • ✓ Low eight-slot price
  • ✓ London and Stockholm
  • ✓ Full FTP and backup/restore
  • ✓ Mature Enshrouded panel
  • ✓ Flexible 4-16 slot ladder
Cons
  • ✗ Prices exclude VAT
  • ✗ RAM allocation is not public
Visit LogicServers →Standalone provider review coming
8Gaming Deluxe logo

Gaming Deluxe

Best cheap UK backup retention
£4.32/moNative GBP starting price
Entry RAM/slots not exposedLondon · Paris · Frankfurt

Gaming Deluxe now starts Enshrouded at £4.32 per month, a huge improvement over the kind of pricing the old page implied for UK premium providers. London, Paris and Frankfurt are offered on a platform advertising 5GHz-plus CPUs, NVMe, DDR5 and enterprise DDoS protection.

Seven days of automatic offsite backups is particularly useful because Enshrouded world progression is server-side. The problem is product transparency: the landing page does not state the exact starting RAM or player allocation, so £4.32 cannot be treated as equivalent to LOW.MS's 10GB or Kinetic's 8GB package.

Live Enshrouded product audit

What we checked: We verified the current £4.32 starting price, London/EU locations, seven-day offsite backups, current hardware positioning and FTP/management features.

What it taught us: Gaming Deluxe may be one of the best bargains at checkout, but the landing page does not give enough information to prove it. Recovery tooling and UK routing earn the high rank, not the headline alone.

Pros
  • ✓ Very low native GBP price
  • ✓ London location
  • ✓ Seven days of offsite backups
  • ✓ High-clock CPU positioning
  • ✓ NVMe
Cons
  • ✗ Starting RAM is not public
  • ✗ Starting slot count is not public
9GTX Gaming logo

GTX Gaming

Best established UK network
£4.32/moNative GBP starting price
Entry RAM not publicLondon · Stockholm · Paris · Frankfurt

GTX Gaming is one of the biggest corrections from the old page. It previously showed £24.99; the live Enshrouded product now starts at £4.32. London, Stockholm, Paris and Frankfurt are part of the network, with premium Ryzen 7950X/9950X options, automatic backups and 24/7 support.

As with Gaming Deluxe, the starting RAM allocation is not exposed cleanly on the public landing page. We therefore refuse to let the £4.32 headline outrank fixed 6GB, 8GB and 10GB packages. GTX is still a very credible UK choice, particularly for buyers who value a mature control panel and location depth.

Live Enshrouded product audit

What we checked: We verified the live £4.32 starting price, current UK/EU location network, premium CPU positioning, automatic backup tooling and 24-hour refund terms.

What it taught us: This is why the page needed a full rewrite rather than a copy edit. The previous £24.99 figure would make GTX look five to six times more expensive than its current entry offer.

Pros
  • ✓ £4.32 current starting price
  • ✓ London and Stockholm
  • ✓ Premium Ryzen options
  • ✓ Automatic backups
  • ✓ Established provider
Cons
  • ✗ Entry RAM is not public
  • ✗ Generic mod/map marketing needs qualification
10PP

PingPerfect

Best transparent mid-market package
£9.98/mo$13.52 · 8 slots · 9GB RAM
9GB RAM · ~100GB NVMe21 global locations

PingPerfect's eight-slot Enshrouded server costs $13.52 per month and publishes the resources behind it: 9GB RAM, normal 4.5GHz-class hardware and roughly 100GB NVMe. That transparency alone makes it easier to recommend than many cheaper slot hosts.

Nightly backups, DDoS mitigation, 21 locations and a 48-hour free trial are included. The 16-slot plan becomes expensive at $42.92 for 12GB, so PingPerfect is much more compelling for an eight-player group than a max-size community.

Live Enshrouded product audit

What we checked: We verified the current 8-slot/9GB and 16-slot/12GB packages, storage allowance, hardware tier, nightly backups, location count and 48-hour trial.

What it taught us: The eight-player tier is strong; the full 16-player tier is not. We rank the provider where the value actually exists rather than averaging the whole product ladder.

Pros
  • ✓ 9GB publicly disclosed
  • ✓ Reasonable eight-slot price
  • ✓ Large NVMe allowance
  • ✓ Nightly backups
  • ✓ 48-hour free trial
Cons
  • ✗ 16-slot pricing jumps dramatically
  • ✗ No specific London location confirmed in the current product crawl
Visit PingPerfect →Standalone provider review coming
11Host Havoc logo

Host Havoc

Best premium owned infrastructure
£7.38/mo$10 · 4 slots
4-16 slots · exact RAM not publicLondon · Amsterdam

The old GSH page still says Host Havoc is Coming Soon. It is now fully live, starting at $10 per month for four slots and scaling to 16, with London and Amsterdam available. Host Havoc owns and operates its hardware, using Xeon and Ryzen CPUs, DDR4/DDR5 and NVMe.

TCAdmin includes web console, file manager, logs, offsite backups and data restore. The page's self-hosting RAM discussion mixes machine-level requirements with managed process needs and should not be treated as a hosting-plan rule. Keen Games' own process FAQ is much more useful for that comparison.

Live Enshrouded product audit

What we checked: We verified the live $10 four-slot product, London/Amsterdam locations, owned hardware, NVMe, offsite backups and control-panel features, then cross-checked its sizing copy against Keen Games' official process-memory documentation.

What it taught us: Host Havoc's infrastructure is strong, but even a good host can publish resource guidance that conflates whole-machine RAM with the game process. We use the official developer numbers instead.

Pros
  • ✓ Confirmed London location
  • ✓ Owns physical hardware
  • ✓ Excellent restore tooling
  • ✓ NVMe and modern CPU options
  • ✓ Strong support positioning
Cons
  • ✗ Exact plan RAM not public
  • ✗ Four-slot entry is expensive versus LOW.MS
12AleForge logo

AleForge

Best exact-floor premium package
£8.85/mo$11.99 · 6GB Standard
6GB RAM · 60GB NVMeLondon · Frankfurt network

AleForge publishes 4GB at $7.99, 5GB at $9.99 and 6GB at $11.99 on its Standard line. Because the official server process idles around 4.4GB and can climb toward 6GB, we compare the 6GB Masterwork tier rather than rewarding a starter that sits below the idle figure.

The 6GB tier includes 60GB NVMe and four user backups, with flexible larger plans available. AleForge advertises mod support, but Keen Games still says official mod support cannot be promised, so that marketing does not influence our ranking.

Live Enshrouded product audit

What we checked: We verified the 4GB/5GB/6GB Standard ladder, 60GB NVMe, backup allowance and current Enshrouded features, then selected 6GB as the first honest default comparison.

What it taught us: A provider can publish transparent plans and still have the wrong default tier for a game. AleForge gets credit for clarity, but the $7.99 4GB headline is not the package we would run.

Pros
  • ✓ Clear 6GB tier
  • ✓ 60GB NVMe
  • ✓ Backups included
  • ✓ Good resource transparency
  • ✓ Easy scaling
Cons
  • ✗ 6GB costs more than LOW.MS 10GB
  • ✗ 4GB headline plan is below current idle-process guidance
13Nitrado logo

Nitrado

Best flexible legacy slot host
£9.29/mo8 slots · 30 days
RAM not publicLondon · Frankfurt

Nitrado's current Enshrouded offers include six slots at £6.99, eight at £9.29 and 16 at £15.13 for 30 days. London and Frankfurt are available, with runtime and slot count adjustable through the familiar Nitrado platform.

Automated backups and broad location choice are useful, but RAM is not published for the Enshrouded package. We use the eight-player tier as a normal-group reference, leaving the six-slot plan available for smaller teams.

Live Enshrouded product audit

What we checked: We verified the current 6/8/16-slot UK prices, London/Frankfurt locations, 30-day billing and backup/platform features.

What it taught us: Nitrado remains easy to buy and flexible, but it is now surrounded by cheaper hosts that publish exact memory. Convenience rather than raw value is the reason to choose it.

Pros
  • ✓ London location
  • ✓ Clear slot pricing
  • ✓ Automated backups
  • ✓ Flexible 4-16 slot configuration
  • ✓ Established platform
Cons
  • ✗ RAM allocation not public
  • ✗ Not as cheap as current LOW.MS/Kinetic alternatives
14Indifferent Broccoli logo

Indifferent Broccoli

Best no-RAM-cap trial
£11.81/mo$15.99 · 8 players · uncapped RAM
Uncapped RAMGermany / EU

Indifferent Broccoli prices Enshrouded by player count rather than memory. One player is $5.99, four cost $9.99, six cost $12.99, eight cost $15.99 and a full 16-player server is $20.99. Every plan uses the provider's uncapped-RAM model.

That model is reassuring if you never want to think about a memory slider, and the two-day no-card trial plus seven-day refund are excellent. For Enshrouded specifically, however, Keen Games already tells us the server process should stay below roughly 6GB, so uncapped RAM is less valuable than on games with unpredictable memory growth.

Live Enshrouded product audit

What we checked: We verified the live 1-16 player ladder, uncapped-RAM wording, two-day trial, seven-day refund, EU location and full file access.

What it taught us: The product remains strong, but Enshrouded's unusually clear developer memory guidance reduces the value of unlimited RAM. A fixed 8GB or 10GB plan is already plenty.

Pros
  • ✓ No hard RAM ceiling
  • ✓ Two-day trial without a card
  • ✓ Seven-day refund
  • ✓ Full file access
  • ✓ Simple player-based scaling
Cons
  • ✗ $15.99 for eight players is relatively expensive
  • ✗ No London-specific node
15RH

RespawnHost

Best pay-per-use specialist
£12.22/mo€14.25 · 6GB fixed
6GB RAM · pay-per-use availableFrankfurt

RespawnHost's fixed Enshrouded tier starts at €14.25 per month for 6GB, which is a technically sensible match to Keen Games' stated server-process ceiling. Its alternative pay-per-use model bills only while the server runs, making it attractive for groups that meet a few evenings each week.

The provider maintains detailed 2026 Enshrouded documentation covering `enshrouded_server.json`, save transfer and server setup. Frankfurt is the European region. It is not a raw price winner on fixed monthly hosting, but the billing model gives it a niche no conventional host can match.

Live Enshrouded product audit

What we checked: We verified the current fixed 6GB package, pay-per-use model, Frankfurt region and current 2026 Enshrouded configuration/save guides.

What it taught us: For an intermittent group, monthly price is the wrong metric. A server that can be stopped and billed by runtime may beat every cheaper monthly product if you only play occasionally.

Pros
  • ✓ 6GB matches official process guidance
  • ✓ Unique usage-based billing
  • ✓ Strong current documentation
  • ✓ SFTP/file control
  • ✓ Frankfurt location
Cons
  • ✗ Fixed monthly plan is not cheap
  • ✗ No London location
Visit RespawnHost →Standalone provider review coming
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BisectHosting

Best polished dynamic platform
Configure liveDynamic per-GB pricing
Configurable · NVMe21 locations

BisectHosting's Enshrouded product is built on BisectOne with 21 locations, NVMe, free DDoS protection, game swapping, three days of backups and Instance Manager. Functionally, it is much stronger than the old GSH page suggested.

The current recurring price is rendered dynamically and is not exposed cleanly in the public crawl. The old page's fixed $7.99/4GB claim should therefore be retired rather than carried forward. If checkout is competitive, Bisect can easily outperform this ranking.

Live Enshrouded product audit

What we checked: We verified the active product, 21 locations, NVMe, backup retention, Instance Manager and current dynamic pricing behaviour, and specifically rejected the old fixed-price data.

What it taught us: Stale precision is worse than an honest blank. We would rather write Configure live than preserve a price that the provider no longer publicly exposes.

Pros
  • ✓ Excellent control panel
  • ✓ Three days of backups
  • ✓ 21 locations
  • ✓ NVMe
  • ✓ 24/7 support
Cons
  • ✗ Exact recurring price not publicly extractable
  • ✗ Resource-to-price comparison requires checkout
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XGamingServer

Best current technical guides outside the top group
£11.07/mo$15 renewal · 6GB Novice
6GB RAM · NVMeEU / global

XGamingServer advertises a discounted 4GB Starter at $8.40, renewing at $12, but that allocation sits below Keen Games' stated 4.4GB idle process usage. We therefore compare the 6GB Novice tier at its $15 renewal price rather than rewarding the promotional headline.

Its June 2026 Enshrouded documentation is detailed and covers co-op, dedicated-server requirements and configuration. DDoS protection, backups and management tooling are included. Mod/plugin marketing should still be read cautiously because official game support remains unpromised.

Live Enshrouded product audit

What we checked: We checked the current 4GB/6GB/8GB ladder, first-month versus renewal pricing and the provider's June 2026 Enshrouded technical guides.

What it taught us: Good current documentation is valuable, but price comparisons must use the first resource tier we would actually run and the real renewal bill. That turns an $8.40 headline into a $15 comparison.

Pros
  • ✓ Current detailed Enshrouded guides
  • ✓ 6GB tier available
  • ✓ Backups and DDoS
  • ✓ Full configuration access
  • ✓ Clear upgrade ladder
Cons
  • ✗ Honest 6GB renewal is $15
  • ✗ 4GB headline tier is below official idle-process guidance
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Wabbanode

Best current Enshrouded docs with broken checkout
£8.80/moCatalogue start · live total broken
8GB-24GB selectableLondon · Germany · France · Finland

Wabbanode's game catalogue lists Enshrouded from $11.92 per month and offers London, Germany, France and Finland. Its July 2026 knowledge base is unusually game-specific, covering difficulty, enemy settings, resource production, day/night configuration and beta branches.

The live configurator is the problem: it currently renders a $0.00 total and uses generic RAM-to-player estimates that can exceed Enshrouded's real 16-player limit. The provider correctly notes that Enshrouded does not currently have official mod/Workshop support, which is a nice contrast to many competitors.

Live Enshrouded product audit

What we checked: We verified the current $11.92 catalogue listing, London/EU locations, current Enshrouded knowledge base, backup/SFTP features and the broken $0.00 live total.

What it taught us: Wabbanode understands the game better than its configurator does. Until the transactional page is fixed, we cannot rank it on final value with confidence.

Pros
  • ✓ London location
  • ✓ Strong current Enshrouded documentation
  • ✓ Honest official-mod-support wording
  • ✓ Backups and SFTP
  • ✓ Seven-day refund
Cons
  • ✗ Live configurator currently shows $0.00
  • ✗ Generic player sizing exceeds the game's real 16-player cap
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Survival Servers

Best deep recovery history
£14.03/mo$19 regular · 8 slots
8 slots · RAM not publicGermany · France

Survival Servers renews at $19 per month for eight slots and $28 for 16, with Germany and France as the nearest regions. The platform includes full FTP, location switching, a custom configuration panel, DDoS protection and premium NVMe options.

Recovery depth remains the strongest reason to buy it: the provider's broader platform keeps frequent database snapshots across a five-day window. Its Enshrouded FAQ says 4-6 players need 16GB RAM, but that is effectively repeating Keen Games' whole-machine recommendation rather than the separate game-process usage of roughly 4.4-6GB. We keep those concepts separate.

Live Enshrouded product audit

What we checked: We verified the current $19/$28 renewal prices, first-month promotion, Germany/France locations, FTP/config features and backup positioning, then checked its RAM wording against Keen Games' two separate official articles.

What it taught us: The product is capable, but resource language matters. Sixteen gigabytes is the recommended RAM for a complete self-host machine, not proof that a managed Enshrouded process needs a 16GB hosting allocation.

Pros
  • ✓ Excellent recovery depth
  • ✓ Full FTP and config panel
  • ✓ Location switching
  • ✓ Established survival hosting
  • ✓ Nearby EU regions
Cons
  • ✗ $19 regular eight-slot price is high
  • ✗ No London location
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Blue Fang Solutions

Best old-school London managed host
£12.55/moFrom $17
Slots/configuration based · RAM not publicLondon · Dusseldorf · Strasbourg

Blue Fang Solutions currently lists Enshrouded from $17 per month. Its network includes London and nearby continental Europe, while the Overseer panel provides web file management, FTP, command-line controls and support add-ons.

The public product does not give us a clean RAM figure tied to the $17 starting package, which is a major disadvantage when much cheaper competitors publish 6GB-10GB allocations. The 72-hour refund is useful, but the current value proposition is more about managed service than raw hardware per pound.

Live Enshrouded product audit

What we checked: We verified Enshrouded's current $17 catalogue listing and the provider's current London/EU hosting and management platform.

What it taught us: Blue Fang remains a legitimate live host, but the market has become much more transparent and price-aggressive since Enshrouded launched.

Pros
  • ✓ London availability
  • ✓ Full FTP
  • ✓ Mature management platform
  • ✓ 72-hour refund
  • ✓ Support options
Cons
  • ✗ RAM allocation not public
  • ✗ Starting price is high versus transparent competitors
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Shockbyte

Best mainstream automation, weak value
£14.76/mo$19.99 · 8 players
8 players · RAM not publicGlobal locations

Shockbyte's current regular ladder is $11.99 for four players, $19.99 for eight and $24.99 for 16. Automatic backups, full file access, scheduled restarts, DDoS protection and a 72-hour self-service refund are included.

The platform is mature, but the eight-player bill is almost four times LOW.MS's four-slot starting price while exposing less resource detail. Shockbyte remains easy for beginners, yet it no longer deserves the old page's top-three placement on current Enshrouded value.

Live Enshrouded product audit

What we checked: We verified the current 4/8/16-player regular prices, full-file access, backups, scheduled restarts, global locations and refund process.

What it taught us: The old ranking has aged out. Shockbyte is still a good service, but today's Enshrouded market contains too many cheaper and more transparent products to justify #3.

Pros
  • ✓ Polished mainstream platform
  • ✓ Automatic backups
  • ✓ Full file access
  • ✓ 72-hour refund
  • ✓ Global locations
Cons
  • ✗ $19.99 for eight players is expensive
  • ✗ RAM allocation is not public
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GPORTAL

Official Keen Games host
£16.98/mo$23 · 10 slots / 30 days
10 slots · RAM not publicCurrent crawl showed Dallas

GPORTAL is the official hosting partner named by Keen Games and sells 4-16 Enshrouded slots. The current 30-day product crawl shows 10 slots at $23 and 16 slots at $28, with backup storage and automatic update support.

Official status is a genuine confidence signal, but it does not override price. The current page crawl exposed Dallas rather than a UK/EU location for the shown order cards, so we do not assume London. For British buyers, several cheaper providers give us both better location clarity and stronger resource transparency.

Live Enshrouded product audit

What we checked: We verified the current official-host status, 10-slot/16-slot 30-day pricing, Forging the Path update support and the location shown by the current public order cards.

What it taught us: Official partner does not automatically mean best consumer value. GPORTAL's advantage is integration and legitimacy, not the cheapest or most transparent hardware package.

Pros
  • ✓ Official Keen Games host
  • ✓ Automatic game updates
  • ✓ Backup storage
  • ✓ Simple 4-16 slot model
  • ✓ Established platform
Cons
  • ✗ $23 for 10 slots is expensive
  • ✗ Current product crawl did not confirm a UK location
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Apex Hosting

Best premium support, worst RAM value
£16.60/mo$22.49 renewal · 6GB
6GB RAM · NVMe/bare-metal platformGlobal network

Apex starts Enshrouded at 6GB, which is one of the more technically sensible defaults on the page, but the recurring price is $22.49. Eight gigabytes renews at $27.99 and 16GB at $71.99. First-month discounts are lower, but we rank the bill you keep paying.

Full FTP, DDoS, automatic backups/updates and 24/7 support are included. The provider's modpack language is generic and should not be mistaken for official Enshrouded mod support. This is a premium managed service with weak price-per-resource value.

Live Enshrouded product audit

What we checked: We verified the current 6GB/8GB/16GB recurring prices, first-month discount separation, backups, FTP, DDoS and support platform.

What it taught us: Apex gets the 6GB default right but charges a premium for it. Good sizing cannot compensate for a renewal price four times LOW.MS's current entry bill.

Pros
  • ✓ 6GB default makes technical sense
  • ✓ Strong support platform
  • ✓ Automatic backups and updates
  • ✓ Full FTP
  • ✓ DDoS protection
Cons
  • ✗ $22.49 recurring for 6GB
  • ✗ Higher tiers are extremely expensive
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Nodecraft

Best sleep-to-save platform, expensive 24/7
£22.13/moPremium 6GB · true 24/7
6GB · 24/7 PremiumGlobal network

Nodecraft offers Lite servers that sleep when unused and Premium servers that remain online continuously. For a technically sensible 6GB allocation, Lite renews at $17.88 while a true 24/7 Premium server renews at $29.98. Four-gigabyte tiers are cheaper but sit below the official idle-process figure.

The panel, cloud backups, free trial and automated tasks are excellent. Wake & Play can be clever for scheduled groups, but Enshrouded's main reason for renting a dedicated server is often to keep the world available when the host is offline. For that use case, Premium is simply expensive.

Live Enshrouded product audit

What we checked: We verified current Lite/Premium 4GB/6GB/8GB regular prices, first-month sales, sleep behaviour, cloud backup features and free trial.

What it taught us: Nodecraft's unique billing model can be valuable, but we must compare Premium when the user's goal is a truly persistent always-online world.

Pros
  • ✓ Excellent control panel
  • ✓ Cloud backups
  • ✓ Free trial
  • ✓ Useful Wake & Play option
  • ✓ Wide RAM configurability
Cons
  • ✗ 24/7 6GB Premium is $29.98
  • ✗ Lite servers are not continuously online
Visit Nodecraft →Standalone provider review coming
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Citadel Servers

Active but poor current value
£22.00/moCurrent cart starting price
RAM not publicBroad network

Citadel's current shopping cart lists Enshrouded from £22 per month and describes support for up to 16 players. The wider platform offers FTP, configuration tools, scheduled backups, NVMe and a broad international network.

At £22 with no public RAM allocation attached to the Enshrouded product, the value is extremely difficult to defend against the top half of this list. Citadel remains a legitimate option for existing customers who like its panel, but it is not competitive enough for a fresh recommendation today.

Live Enshrouded product audit

What we checked: We verified the live £22 Enshrouded cart listing and current platform-level management features.

What it taught us: This is the opposite of LOW.MS: a high current price combined with low resource transparency. There is no editorial reason to push it higher simply because the provider is established.

Pros
  • ✓ Active Enshrouded product
  • ✓ Management/config tools
  • ✓ Backup platform
  • ✓ NVMe
  • ✓ Supports normal 16-player ceiling
Cons
  • ✗ £22 starting price is very high
  • ✗ RAM allocation not public
Visit Citadel Servers →Standalone provider review coming
Also checked

Providers we did not include in the active ranking

ProviderStatusFinding
ScalaCubeNot rankedCurrent Enshrouded page remains Coming Soon, so it is not ranked as a purchasable host.
DatHostNot rankedWe could not verify a current managed Enshrouded product during this research pass.
Game Host BrosNot rankedA live Enshrouded product exists in the wider market, but London stock and package availability have moved frequently. We retained its data in research notes for future re-check rather than force it into this already deep 25-host table without a clean current UK checkout.
RAM sizing

How much RAM does an Enshrouded server actually need?

Keen Games gives two different figures that hosting pages often mix together. The game process and the complete self-hosting machine are not the same thing.

Managed game process

~4.4GB idle, up to roughly 100MB extra per connected player and normally under ~6GB total. For fixed-RAM managed hosting, 6GB is the real floor we like and 8GB is comfortable.

Self-host PC / server

Keen recommends 16GB system RAM for both a 4-6 player machine and a 16-player machine, because Windows and the rest of the system need memory too.

CPU matters at 16 players

4-6 players: around 6 cores/12 threads at 3.2GHz. Full 16-player server: around 8 cores/16 threads at 3.7GHz. High-clock modern CPUs are a meaningful advantage.

Our practical buying rule: avoid fixed 4GB plans as the default, choose 6GB minimum, 8GB for comfortable headroom, and treat 10GB+ as extra margin rather than a requirement. LOW.MS is unusual because it gives 10GB while still being one of the cheapest plans.
World saves & backups

Your world is the part of the server you cannot replace

Characters are stored on each player’s client, while world progression lives on the dedicated server. Keen Games says world saves are written every five minutes and can grow from around 1MB toward 100MB on worlds with very large bases.

Prioritise restores

A provider that makes backups easy to restore is more useful than one that only says ‘automatic backup’ without showing a recovery workflow.

Keep a portable copy

Full FTP/SFTP makes it easier to move your world between hosts or keep a local copy before 1.0 and major patches.

Roles are built in

Enshrouded supports Admin, Friend, Guest and Visitor-style user groups with separate permissions for bases, containers and moderation.

Self-hosting

Running your own Enshrouded dedicated server

The dedicated server is a separate free Steam tool. Current App ID is 2278520, while the main game is 1203620. Native dedicated-server support is currently Windows-only, with Linux support still planned for later.

Enshrouded Dedicated Server App ID: 2278520
Main game App ID: 1203620
Current default queryPort: 15637
slotCount: 1-16
Config file: enshrouded_server.json
Older third-party guides often mention additional historical game-port setups. The current official configuration exposes `queryPort: 15637` and points to Steam’s required ports, so that is the value we use rather than preserving stale port advice.
FAQ

Enshrouded server hosting questions

What is the best Enshrouded server host right now?

LOW.MS is our current number one. Its live Enshrouded package starts at $5.25 and includes 10GB RAM standard, London availability, cloud backup/restore and support for up to the game's 16-player maximum.

How much RAM does an Enshrouded dedicated server need?

Keen Games says the dedicated server process uses about 4.4GB RAM at idle, up to around 100MB extra per player and should not exceed roughly 6GB physical RAM. For managed fixed-RAM hosting, we like 6GB minimum and 8GB for comfortable headroom.

Why do the official server specifications also say 16GB RAM?

The 16GB figure is the recommended RAM for the complete machine running the dedicated server, including Windows and other system processes. It is separate from the game process itself, which Keen Games says normally remains below about 6GB.

How many players can join an Enshrouded server?

The current official dedicated-server configuration allows slotCount values from 1 to 16. Sixteen is the normal maximum, regardless of provider dashboards that advertise unlimited slots.

When does Enshrouded 1.0 release?

Enshrouded leaves Early Access on October 15, 2026. Keen Games says performance optimisation is a major focus in the final run-up to release.

Does Enshrouded officially support mods?

Not formally. Keen Games' current FAQ says it cannot promise the game will be moddable, although it would like to implement support in the future. Host-side mod installers should therefore be treated as community/provider tooling rather than official compatibility.

What port does an Enshrouded dedicated server use?

The current official `enshrouded_server.json` example uses queryPort 15637 by default. Steam also requires its normal service ports.

Where is Enshrouded world progress saved?

World progression is stored on the dedicated server, while character progression is stored on player clients. Keen Games says the world save is written every five minutes.

Can I self-host Enshrouded on Linux?

The current official dedicated-server installation guide still says only Windows is supported natively and Linux support is planned for later.

Why is LOW.MS so much cheaper than the old GSH Enshrouded page says?

The old page had stale pricing around $11.97. LOW.MS's current live Enshrouded product starts at $5.25 while still including 10GB RAM standard, which is why the page needed a complete re-research.

Our current pick: LOW.MS gives Enshrouded 10GB standard, London and cloud backup/restore for about £3.88 per month. Check LOW.MS →

Affiliate disclosure: we may earn a commission through some provider links at no extra cost to you. Rankings use current recurring pricing, realistic Enshrouded resources, recovery tooling, game-specific accuracy and UK/EU fit. Commercial relationships do not determine inclusion.

About the author
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Linus GSH Founder

SEO & Digital Marketer · Avid survival gamer · Sweden/UK

I'm an avid gamer from Sweden with a lot of time spent in England in the last 5 years who loves survival games — ARK, Palworld, Valheim, Sons of the Forest, V Rising and plenty of WoW and Dota 2 on the side. I created this site to help other gamers find the best server hosting without wasting money on laggy providers.

By day I work in SEO and Google Ads, helping businesses rank and convert. I've been hosting game servers since the Minecraft + Hamachi LAN days and have learned the hard way what separates a good host from a bad one. Every ranking on this site is based on real testing and price-to-performance — no paid placements.